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Thursday, 1 January 2015

Aunt Aggie's Mesh Cluster Baby Blanket

Size: This pattern is for roughly 30” x 30” depending on your tension, but you
can make any size by starting with more or less chains. As long as you keep to a multiple of any even
number + 3, the pattern will work.

You will need: Roughly 2-3 skeins worsted weight yarn; any colour; and your favourite
appropriate sized hook. I used a 5mm (H)
hook.

Aunt Aggie’s Mesh Cluster Stitch:

Row One: Make chain – any multiple will do, as long as it
is an even number, plus 3. The last 2 chain are counted as the turning
chain, and the first stitch on the next row.

The pattern sets out a simple Mesh Stitch initially
(Aunt Aggie’s Mesh Cluster Stitch), then repeats the last row of that pattern
throughout.

Pattern:

For this blanket:

Using 5mm hook, Chain 123, then work the first 3 rows
of Aunt Aggie’s Mesh Cluster Stitch
as above.

Repeat Row 3 to your desired length. I worked to roughly 28” as I added a border
which finally took it to 30”.

This stitch gives a lovely ribbed mesh effect which is very
pretty when completed.

To work the border:

Ch 3, (1dc, ch2, 2dc) into same space as ch 3. *Skip 1 space from previous row, (2dc, ch2,
2dc) into next space*. Rep from * to *
all around blanket.

Note: When you come to the corners, work (2dc, ch2,
2dc, ch2, 2dc) into corner space. Then
carry on as before, skipping 1 space in between each “V” cluster. At the last corner, work (2dc, ch 2) into the
last space and slip stitch to beg ch 2.

Chain 3, (1dc, ch2, 2dc) in same space as chain 3, then
(2dc, ch2, 2dc) into every ch2 peak from the previous row (the centre of the “V”), and continue along
the edges as before, remembering to work (2dc, ch2, 2dc, ch2, 2dc) into the
corner spaces. When you reach the last
space, work a “V” cluster as normal, then in the space you began the round,
work 2dc, ch2, and finally slip stitch to the top of beg ch 3.